What is recorded here
Derries Upper holds a circular earthen fort, the kind of place where ordinary people may have lived before fairy tales took it over. The ridge still marks the field, giving the ancient boundary a shape that can be walked and touched.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Derries UpperMountain / peak · 92 yd
Drumgoon Bog WoodForest · 1166 yd
Old FortEnclosure, large enclosure · 1751 yd
Inch IslandIslet · 1759 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.2 mi
bridgebridge · 1.2 mi
Killykeen Forest ParkForest · 1.2 mi
Lough OughterLake and island landscape · 1.3 mi
Abbey FieldChurch · 1.3 mi
Woodenhouse BayBay · 1.4 mi
Creenagh GlebeMountain / peak · 1.7 mi